Don't Force Safe Mode on Infected PC

[FanJ]

Important thread started by CalamityJane at the DSLR/BBR security forum:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18150258

One of the standard instructions when trying to clean an infected computer has been to use safe mode to do the repairs.

More and more of today's new malware deletes or alters the safeboot key in the registry rendering the user unable to reboot into safe mode. The important notice here is that you do not want to use the System Configuration Utility (msconfig) method to force safe mode when a user reports problems booting into safe mode as it could bring about disasterous results!

Based upon findings posted by Blender at SpywareWarrior, who is a Microsoft MVP-Security, this is info you need to know when instructing a user to boot into safe mode if you are dealing with an infected computer.

Read more at that link, and at the links given in that thread.

[ErikAlbert]

Thanks for the warning. I don't need safe mode to restore my computer, so I fixed this problem. Malware is getting better and better, also the bad guys learned alot during all these years. What next ?